Lynne Marie Naehrig - Online Memorial Website

Such a special Mothers Day this year big sister......my first without mom and your first with her in Heaven. So many things have happened in the last couple of months....i have needed you more than ever. I always feel you both with me but wish you were here to talk to. I am so worried about Opa...he seems to be getting more depressed everyday and i don't know what to do anymore. He misses mom so much...you can see it in his face....like he is aging over night anymore. He has no ambition to even go to camp anymore and that makes me so sad. I would give anything right now just to feel you hug me and tell me that everything is going to be ok. It's a struggle sometimes anymore to just get out of bed, it feels like life is just passing by for some reason. Seems like everyone is drifting apart....they have their own lives now. I love you more than life itself sis....and miss you everyday. Please hug and kiss mom for me and tell her that her baby misses her with all her heart. Love you Me

Ive been sitting here the last hour, crying my eyes out. I cannot believe its going to be 7 years already tomorrow. makes no sense to me at all. Lately i have found myself thinking of the good times we had together, and that putting a smile on my face.. not tonight! Ive done such a good job of keeping my head on straight, and doing what ive had to do to get me to where i am today, nights like tonight though make that so so so hard to keep doing. I wish for just 1 more minute with you, 1 more hug, 1 more goodnight kiss. I love you so much mom, and i miss you more then anything ill ever miss in the entire world

Well big sister it has been quite some time since i was here. Life has a way of dealing you the hardest blow when you least expect it. I felt you with me on July 15, 2012 when God called Mom to be with you. I am ever so greatful that he allowed her to pass in her sleep, and know that you were there waiting for her. You always told me that i was a very strong person, but i never realized it until now. I try so hard everyday to hold things together, but when i look at Opa, you can see the sadness in his face. He misses her so much. And it kills me that i can't make things better for him. I walk around with a smile on my face,but inside i am dying. I try so hard to find that peace at the end of the day, and wonder if i will ever feel it. I am just hoping to get thru this first Christmas...gonna be a hard one for sure. I know you both see the medical problems i am having now...i need you both to keep me strong. I love and miss you both more than words could ever say. Hold tight to each other and we will all meet again someday. ALWAYS me

Mom,

Its been a long time since I wrote to you but a day doesn't go by that I dont think about you!  I still cant belive how long its been since I said my last words to you :(.  Some days are still hard actually very hard but I try and turn my emotions in to a positive drive to make you proud and make up for my not so perfect past.  Parts of me wonders where I would be today if you were still here but i can't use that as an excusse for anything I've done in the past.  You prob wanted to slap the hell out of me when I joined the military but your brother did 20 years and is fine so I think I'll be ok :)-.  Just about a month left of my deployment and i cant wait to go back home and visit you!  I guess what I'm trying to get to is that I hope your proud of what I have become and aren't to upset with the road that it took me to get here.  I've been thinking a lot about the past latley and my childhood and how I couldnt of asked for a better mother or friend!  I miss your outspokenest (if thats even a word), your loving touch and way with words when i was upset, your wisdom and ability to let me make mistakes and learn but you would never let me fall to hard to hurt myself.  Thats all i have for now I have to get ready for bed and finish packing some stuff to finaly get out of the country they call afganisatan.

Love you,

Austin John

Lynne Marie,
                  I can't believe it has been 5 years already, it seems like yesterday that you were taken from us. I really need your help to pick and choose the right words to say today. I know you see all the problems going on, and i keep thinking...what would she do...how would she handle this?? I know things have not been easy for anyone and sometimes just impossiable to deal with...but there is always help, just ask. Sometimes i wish i could turn back the hands of time, just to ask you what to do and how to handle things. Time is supposed to make things easier...not harder....but it seems like they get more difficult as time goes by. I know you are very proud of your boys...even though at times they might think they have dissapointed you. I know how much pride you had as a mother to have raised 3 wonderful children. Sometimes the road of life might seem a bit bumpy, but with hard work and determination...things have a way of working themselves out. Please...lay your hands upon your boys and guide them in the direction that is right for them. Keep Austin safe.....and help Ryan with his troubles...he needs you now more than ever!! Love you till the end of time.....Me